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Date: 29 December 2010
Source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/209325/39gift-bomb39-kills-woman-in-taguig-city

A woman was killed when an explosive device in a gift box went off in Taguig City on Wednesday, two days before the New Year and a day before the Rizal Day bombing anniversary.

Radio dzBB’s Mao dela Cruz cited initial police information identifying the fatality as Yvonne Chua, described as 30 to 31 years old.

An initial investigation showed the explosion happened inside the victim’s two-storey house at Block 10, Lot 21 along Acacia Avenue at the Mahogany Place III Subdivision in Barangay Bambang, Taguig City, around 10:30 a.m. 

The woman was opening her package when the explosive device went off, authorities added.

Asked if the woman died in the incident, Senior Police Officer 3 Cesar Vilarao of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) told radio dzBB: “Patay, patay.” He said the victim sustained wounds in her abdomen and legs.